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Talbot House Register of names Talbot House

Pte. · 3 Canadian Tunnelling Company

Samuel ("Sam") Williams

† 26/01/1976 · Canada

Personal data

NameWilliams
InitialsS.
Christian nameSamuel ("Sam")
Date and place of birthHoyland (Yorkshire); 15.11.1888
Country of serviceCanada
AddressWentworth Rd., Black Hill, Nr. Barnsley (father, 1916) // The Green, Washington Village, Co. Durham (wife, 1917)
ProfessionStudent
FamilySon of Samuel and Ellen (nee Jones) Williams; married to Mary Jane Hildrew (Sept. 1917)

Extra information

Information
Emigrated to Canada, disembarking at Quebec on 10.10.1913 and going onto Regina, Saskatchewan, where he attended St Chad's Anglican Theological College
Information 2
Ordained in 1922; served the Diocese of Qu'Appelle until 1956; Archdeacon of Moose Jaw (1947-'56); Hon. Doctor of Divinity, St Chad's College (1950)
Information 3
Died at Calgary, Alberta

Military data

Service number73719
RankPte.
Regiment / Unit3 Canadian Tunnelling Company
Date of death

Other information

Information
Took communion at Talbot House during Eastertime 1916 (possibly on more than one occasion) and also in 1917. Note on slip: -/11/18. At Easter 1916, he attended a service with Sapper J. Allen, 3 Can. Tunnelling Co., who had also attended St Chad's Anglican Theological College at Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Information 2
St Peter's, Hoyland, Yorkshire

Media

Sources

Source
Red Book, p.11 recto and p. 13 recto
Source 2
CR-Slips-Book 2
Source 3
IWMIII.2, p.2